This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Plastic permeates the oceans, clutters landfills, and threatens to create a “near-permanent contamination of the natural environment,” according to researchers. As if that weren’t bad enough, it is also a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On one of the first days of our seventh grade sexual health unit in my small western Wisconsin suburb, we watched a speech by Pam Stenzel, one of the most…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For some Americans, the COVID-19 pandemic has emerged as a source of traumatic stress that may predict post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, according to a new study. Research shows that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. What are nature-based solutions? Are they different from green infrastructure? A handful of terms are used to describe the utilization of natural features, systems, and landscapes to solve many of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Joe Wilson, founder of the Xerox Corporation, and his wife, Peggy, formed the Wilson Foundation in 1963. A few years ago, we engaged in strategic planning to revisit our giving priorities. At the time,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The blood supply in the U.S. is now at its lowest level in over a decade. Many of the nation’s blood centers currently have only a one-day supply of some…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new report from ILGA Europe – an organisation working for political, legal, and social change for equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people in Europe and Central Asia –…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It was the shot heard ‘round the nonprofit world. Over the holidays, the New York Times ran a piece (paywall) about the social sector’s inability to retain and hire talented staff — a consequence…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Families of any means find themselves talking with children about the importance of giving back, through volunteering or donating around issues of importance. Families with significant wealth face a greater…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. During the two years that COVID-19 has upended school for millions of families, education leaders have increasingly touted one tool as a means of compensating for lost learning: personalized tutors.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Gardeners in Alaska know that it’s hard to grow big, juicy tomatoes here. But as the climate rapidly warms in the far north, that could change. Anchorage reached 90 degrees…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The reserve fund the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) holds to cover losses—the Mutual Mortgage Insurance (MMI) Fund—is substantially overfunded (PDF), and some housing experts have called for cutting the monthly mortgage insurance premium (MIP)…